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Effect of PEPFAR funding policy change on HIV service delivery in a large HIV...
The transition to PEPFAR 2.0 with its focus on country ownership was accompanied by substantial funding cuts. We describe the impact of this transition on HIV care in a large... -
Good and Bad Research Collaborations: Researchers' Views on Science and Ethic...
There has been a dramatic rise in the scale and scope of collaborative global health research. A number of structural and scientific factors explain this growth and there has... -
Characteristics of Retractions from Korean Medical Journals in the KoreaMed D...
Background Flawed or misleading articles may be retracted because of either honest scientific errors or scientific misconduct. This study explored the characteristics of... -
NAT2 gene polymorphisms and endometriosis risk: A PRISMA-compliant meta-analy...
Objective Endometriosis is a common chronic, gynecological disease. Despite many studies on the role of N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) in endometriosis, its clinical significance... -
How much would each researcher receive if competitive government research fun...
Scientists are increasingly dissatisfied with funding systems that rely on peer assessment and, accordingly, have suggested several proposals for reform. One of these proposals... -
Effects of angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism on hypertension in...
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is dramatically increasing in Africa with evidence of increased severity and resistance to treatment. Although angiotensin converting enzyme gene... -
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus open surgery for surgical treatment of pa...
OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and safety of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and open surgery (OS) for surgical treatment of patients with staghorn stones based on... -
Are Network Growth and the Contributions to Congresses Associated with Public...
BACKGROUND: The consistent focus of 'Advances in Neuroblastoma Research' congresses on the topic neuroblastoma sets it as a model for a circumscribed scientific community.... -
Prognostic value of pretreatment albumin/globulin ratio in digestive system c...
The albumin/globulin ratio (AGR) has been widely reported to be a potential predictor of prognosis in digestive system cancers (DSCs), but convincing conclusions have not been... -
Capacity to conduct health research among NGOs in Malawi: Diverse strengths, ...
Background The role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in health research has attracted growing attention. NGOs are important service providers and advocates in... -
A meta-analysis on the role of pleiotrophin (PTN) as a prognostic factor in c...
Background Some researchers reported that pleiotrophin (PTN) is associated with the development and metastasis of various tumors and it is a poor prognostic factor for the... -
OdoBD: An online database for the dragonflies and damselflies of Bangladesh
Combining scientific data over a long-time period is necessary for generating large-scale datasets, which are an essential component of comparative analysis for understanding... -
Expression and clinical significance of survivin in ovarian cancer: A meta-an...
: To assess the clinicopathological significance of survivin in ovarian carcinoma through this meta-analysis. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library databases... -
Equity in international health research collaborations in Africa: Perceptions...
INTRODUCTION AND METHOD: Africa is currently host to a number of international genomics research and biobanking consortia, each with a mandate to advance genomics research and... -
With open science gaining traction, do we need an Australasia PubMed Central ...
Open biomedical repositories, such as PubMed Central (PMC), are a means to make research discoverable and permanently accessible. Assessing the potential interest of key... -
Can visual interpretation of NucliSens graphs reduce the need for repeat vira...
Background In Zimbabwe, viral load (VL) testing for people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy is performed at the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory using a... -
Second-line HIV treatment failure in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review ...
Background Increased second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) failure rate narrows future options for HIV/AIDS treatment. It has critical implications in resource-limited... -
Dual-career through the elite university student-athletes’ lenses: The intern...
Athletes have the right to combine their sport and higher education careers (e.g., dual career), but differences in the recognition of the student-athlete's status and... -
The prognostic significance of long noncoding RNAs in bladder cancer: A meta-...
INTRODUCTION: Bladder cancer (BC) is one of the most common urologic malignancies and it is urgently needed to identify novel potential prognostic biomarkers for predicting...
